Supporting data for "The genomes of five mantises provide insights into sex chromosome evolution and Mantodea phylogeny clarification"

Praying mantises, members of the order Mantodea, play important roles in agriculture, medicine, bionics, and entertainment. Here, we present the chromosome-scale reference genomes of five mantis species: the European mantis (<i>Mantis religiosa</i>), Chinese mantis (<i>Tenodera sinensis</i>), triangle dead leaf mantis (<i>Deroplatys truncata</i>), orchid mantis (<i>Hymenopus coronatus</i>), and metallic mantis (<i>Metallyticus violacea</i>). The assembled genome sizes range ~2.3-4.2 Gb, with contig N50 size 1-109 Mb and 85-99% of sequence anchored to chromosomes. The annotated protein-coding gene number ranges 17,804-19,017, with BUSCO complete rate 96.7-98.4%. The high-quality genome assemblies of the five mantises provide a valuable resource for evolution studies of Mantodea and genetic improvement and breeding of beneficial biological control agents.